CVE-2017-6412
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, Session Fixation could occur, aka NSWA-1310.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
In Sophos Web Appliance (SWA) before 4.3.1.2, Session Fixation could occur, aka NSWA-1310.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.54% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 February 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-384
- Affected
- sophos/web appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 9.3% on 21 September 2026 to 7.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
- https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/02/28/qsa-2017-02-28/qsa-2017-02-28.pdf
- http://wsa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.2.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97261
- https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-v4-3-1-2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/02/28/qsa-2017-02-28/qsa-2017-02-28.pdf
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.